One was the premier US carrier-borne fighter of WWII that epitomized the term "Grumman Iron," the other is the massively powerful pinnacle of Dodge's muscle car heritage. So let's compare the raw data, Hellcat vs Hellcat, and see how close these heavy hitting American icons truly are to one another.

Rarity:

Full Coverage Insurance:

Armament:

SRT Hellcat: Whatever you can fit in the glove box (with the proper permit!)

F6F Hellcat: 6 x 0.5 inch Browning machine-guns with 400 rounds per gun and under-wing attachments for six rockets and up to 2,000 lbs of bombs

Win To Loss Ratio:

SRT Hellcat: Yet to be determined at the track and on the street

F6F Hellcat: 19:1 during WWII

Cost:

SRT Hellcat: $60,000 base

F6F Hellcat: $35,000 (1945), about $2M as a warbird today

So what will it be, F6F Hellcat or SRT Hellcat? Both are big and brutish pieces of American engineering, and neither come cheap. But consider what you get for the cost and they both seem like a relative bargain. The F6F was meant to tear apart Zeros and Kate torpedo bombers while the SRT Hellcat was meant to destroy super-tuned imports and every other muscle car at the drag strip. Either way, winning is worth its weight in iron, steel and currency, and both will impose flag-waving patriotism and American values on all those who dare to oppose them.

Tyler Rogoway is a defense journalist and photographer that maintains the website Foxtrot Alpha for Jalopnik.com You can reach Tyler with story ideas or direct comments regarding this or any other defense topic via the email address Tyler@Jalopnik.com